Senior Software Engineer - Backend at Roadie
Roadie is hiring a Senior Software Engineer - Backend in Remote. Remote.
About Roadie
Roadie operates a same-day and last-mile delivery service for businesses. It handles oversized items up to 144 inches and 300 pounds, with same-day delivery up to 100 miles, and offers flexible delivery windows of 2 hours, 4 hours, or end-of-day. The company also provides cross-dock solutions for high-volume businesses and uses a nationwide network of independent drivers that reaches 97% of U.S. households.
Senior Software Engineer - Backend job description
Roadie, a UPS company, is a leading logistics and delivery platform that helps businesses tackle the complexities of modern retail with unmatched delivery coverage, flexibility and visibility. Reaching 97% of U.S. households across more than 30,000 zip codes — from urban hubs to rural communities — Roadie provides seamless, scalable solutions that meet a variety of delivery needs.
With a network of more than 310,000 independent drivers nationwide, Roadie offers flexible delivery solutions that make complex logistics challenges easy, including solutions for local same-day delivery, delivery of big and bulky items, ship-from-store and DC-to-door. For more information, visit www.roadie.com.
As a Senior Software Engineer at Roadie, you’ll design and build systems that power large-scale logistics solutions. You’ll play a key role in evolving the architecture of Roadie’s platform to meet growing scalability and performance needs. The ideal candidate has strong technical experience, enjoys solving complex problems, and thrives in a collaborative environment.
What You’ll Do- Design, build, and maintain core services and infrastructure that drive Roadie’s logistics platform
- Identify and address performance bottlenecks, ensuring reliability and scalability
- Collaborate closely with Product, Data Science, and other engineering teams to deliver impactful features
- Contribute to code reviews, technical discussions, and the improvement of engineering best practices
- Take ownership of projects from concept to production, balancing speed and quality
- Stay up to date with new technologies and bring forward ideas to improve our systems
- Languages: Golang, Ruby on Rails
- Data: Postgres, Redis, Kafka
- Infrastructure: AWS, Docker, Kubernetes
- Tools: git, GitHub, CircleCI
- 6+ years of professional software development experience
- Solid understanding of service-oriented architecture, distributed systems, and API design
- Proficiency in Golang or Ruby
- Experience working with or migrating from a monolithic architecture
- Strong problem-solving and communication skills
- Ability to collaborate effectively in a team environment
Why Roadie?
- Competitive compensation packages
- 100% covered health insurance premiums for yourself
- 401k with company match
- Tuition and student loan repayment assistance (that’s right - Roadie will contribute directly to your existing student loans!)
- Flexible work schedule with unlimited PTO
- Monthly 3-day weekends
- Monthly WFH stipend
- Paid sabbatical leave - tenured team members are given time to rest, relax, and explore
- The technology you need to get the job done
This role is not eligible for Visa sponsorship. Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S.
